"of Speech and Drama and a postgraduate certificate in Psychosynthesis Therapeutic Counselling. She married after university and moved to California. Upon returning to England in 1992, Firth joined the Bridge Theatre Company in Sherringham. She lives and works in London. For ""The King's Speech"" (2010), she coached her older brother Colin to prepare for his role as King George VI in the award-winning film and to master stammering. Kate Firth Kate Firth (born 1962) is a British professional voice coach and stage actress, and sister to actors Colin and Jonathan Firth. She has a therapeutic counsellor background in the field"
"""The King's Speech"" fell on Colin's 50th birthday and was called the ""best 50th birthday gift"". On 16 January 2011, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in ""The King's Speech"" in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. The Screen Actors Guild recognised Firth with the award for Best Male Actor for ""The King's Speech"" on 30 January 2011. In February 2011, he won the best actor award at the 2011 BAFTA awards. He received an Academy Award for Best Actor in a motion picture for ""The King's Speech"" on 27"
"February 2011. It went on to gross $414,211,549 worldwide. Firth appeared as senior British secret agent Bill Haydon in the 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré novel ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"", directed by Tomas Alfredson, also starring Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy. The film gathered mostly excellent reviews. ""The Independent"" described Firth's performance as ""suavely arrogant"" and praised the film. Deborah Young in ""The Hollywood Reporter"" thought Firth got ""all the best dialogue"", which he delivered ""sardonically"". Leslie Felperin in ""Variety"" wrote that all the actors brought their ""A game"" and Firth was in ""particularly choleric, amusing form."" However,"
"Colin Firth as a homosexual professor who wishes to end his life. Moore played his best friend, ""a fellow English expat and semi-alcoholic divorcee"", a character that Tom Ford, the film's writer-director, created with her in mind. Leslie Felperin of ""Variety"" commented that it was Moore's best role in ""some time"", and was impressed by the ""extraordinary emotional nuance"" of the performance. ""A Single Man"" was named one of the 10 best films of the year by the American Film Institute, and Moore received a fifth Golden Globe nomination for her work. Moore returned to television for the first time"
"In 2009 he made his directorial debut with ""A Single Man"", based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood. The drama stars Colin Firth as an LA-based, gay college professor, alongside Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult and Matthew Goode. The novel was adapted by David Scearce and Ford; Ford was also one of the producers. ""A Single Man"" premiered on September 11, 2009 at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for top award the Golden Lion. Colin Firth was awarded the Volpi Cup as Best Actor for his performance. He won a BAFTA Award"
"Colin Firth, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter, and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler. Natalie Portman won Best Actress for ""Black Swan"" and David Fincher won Best Director for ""The Social Network"". 64th British Academy Film Awards The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. The nominations were announced on 18 January 2011. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed"
"members in Toronto fainted during the final amputation scene. The film received widespread acclaim by critics and review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 93% of 226 professional critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 8.3/10. At the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 the film was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture (won by ""The King's Speech"") and Best Actor for Franco (won by Colin Firth for his role in ""The King's Speech""). ""127 Hours"" was also nominated in the categories for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Editing."
"which would show Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr Bingley in ""Pride and Prejudice"") and Lucy Robinson (Mrs Hurst) in minor roles. The self-referential in-joke between the projects intrigued Colin Firth to accept the role of Mark Darcy, as it gave him an opportunity to ridicule and liberate himself from his ""Pride and Prejudice"" character. Film critic James Berardinelli would later state that Firth ""plays this part [of Mark Darcy] exactly as he played the earlier role, making it evident that the two Darcys are essentially the same"". The producers never found a solution to incorporate the ""Jones"" Firth interview in the second"
"of Mirth""<br> 3. Ellen Burstyn – ""Requiem for a Dream"" 1. Benicio del Toro – ""Traffic""<br> 2. Fred Willard – ""Best in Show""<br> 3. Willem Dafoe – ""Shadow of the Vampire"" 1. Elaine May – ""Small Time Crooks""<br> 2. Frances McDormand – ""Almost Famous"" and ""Wonder Boys""<br> 3. Marcia Gay Harden – ""Pollock"" 1. Kenneth Lonergan – ""You Can Count On Me""<br> 2. Steve Kloves – ""Wonder Boys""<br> 3. Stephen Gaghan – ""Traffic"" 1. Agnès Godard – ""Beau Travail""<br> 2. Peter Pau – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" (""Wo hu cang long"")<br> 2. Steven Soderbergh – ""Traffic"" 1. The Life and"
"verdict: ""Luminous and treasurable, despite its imperfections. An impressive helming debut for fashion designer Tom Ford."" The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival and won the festival's third annual Queer Lion. Colin Firth was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the film festival for his performance in the film. He received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Firth also received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. For her performance, Julianne Moore was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best"
"""a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts"". Christopher Plummer received numerous accolades, including the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance. The film is structured as a series of interconnected flashbacks. Following the death of his father Hal from cancer, Oliver reflects on their relationship during the five years since the death of Oliver's mother, Georgia. Shortly after her death, Hal came out to his son and began exploring life as an openly gay man. He becomes active in the gay community, finds love with a much younger man and becomes more honest with himself"
"Ryder?"" (1979); ""Lifeforce"" (1985); ""Letter to Brezhnev"" (1985); ""Northanger Abbey"" (1986), playing Henry Tilney; ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990); ""White Angel"" (1993), playing mild-mannered dentist Leslie Steckler; ""Amistad"" (1997); ""Mighty Joe Young"" (1998); ""Pearl Harbor"" (2001); and ""The Greatest Game Ever Played"" (2005), playing Lord Northcliffe. Along with his film career, Firth has continued to appear in various television productions, with several notable credits in various high-profile dramas. He starred in two science-fiction episodes of the BBC's ""Play for Today"" anthology series as the eponymous time-traveller in the romantic ""The Flipside of Dominick Hide"" (1980), and its sequel, ""Another"
"oldest ever to win (winning the Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for ""Crazy Heart""). ""Crazy Heart"" also won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in ""True Grit"", a collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, and Hailee Steinfeld. Both the film and Bridges' performance as Rooster Cogburn, were critically praised. Bridges lost to Colin Firth, whom he had"
"and Prejudice"" that he received more widespread attention. This led to roles in films, such as ""The English Patient"", ""Bridget Jones's Diary,"" for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, ""Shakespeare in Love"", and ""Love Actually"". In 2009, Firth received widespread critical acclaim for his leading role in ""A Single Man"", for which he gained his first Academy Award nomination, and won a BAFTA Award. In 2014, Firth portrayed secret agent Harry Hart in the film """"; he later reprised the role in the 2017 sequel """". In 2018, he starred as William ""Weatherall"" Wilkins in the musical fantasy"
"distorted visuals - extreme camera angles and close-ups, plus over-atmospheric lighting effects and jagged cuts - in a strenuous attempt to get us into Ben's tormented state-of-mind."" Colin Firth's performance is the most praised aspect of the film. ""He delivers a performance which highlights the range of his considerable talent"" cites one critic. ""eFilmCritic"" says Firth ""does the best with what he's given"" and ""iofilm"" says, ""Firth puts in a sterling performance in the central role."" ""Reel Film Reviews"" adds ""Firth's performance, not surprisingly, is the best thing about the movie, and the actor does a nice job of portraying"
"2004: Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" as Ray Charles † 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" as Truman Capote † 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin † 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview † 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk † 2009: Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" as Otis ""Bad"" Blake † 2010: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" as King George VI † 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King ‡ 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln † 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas"
"16th Critics' Choice Awards The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2010 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2010. The Social Network David Fincher – ""The Social Network"" Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" Christian Bale – ""The Fighter"" Melissa Leo – ""The Fighter"" Hailee Steinfeld – ""True Grit"" The Fighter ""The King's Speech"" – David Seidler ""The Social Network"" – Aaron Sorkin ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas ""Inception"" – Wally Pfister ""Alice in"
"Casey Affleck – ""Manchester by the Sea"" as Lee Chandler 2017: Gary Oldman – ""Darkest Hour"" as Winston Churchill Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. 1990: Jeremy Irons as Sunny von Bülow – ""Reversal of Fortune"" 1991: Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter – ""The Silence of the Lambs"" 1992: Denzel Washington as Malcolm X – ""Malcolm X"""
"with most reviews singling out Colin Firth's performance. It currently holds an 85% ""Fresh"" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 175 reviews, with the site's consensus being that ""Though the costumes are beautiful and the art direction impeccable, what stands out most from this debut by fashion designer Tom Ford is the leading performance by Colin Firth."" Metacritic has compiled an average score of 77 (generally favorable reviews) from 35 critic reviews. Michael Phillips of the ""Chicago Tribune"" wrote ""Some films aren’t revelations, exactly, but they burrow so deeply into old truths about love and loss and the mess and"
"to the House of Commons in the unsuccessful Alternative Vote referendum in 2011. In 2009, Firth joined the project, supporting the movement calling for people to reduce their carbon footprint. In 2010, Colin endorsed the ""Roots & Shoots"" education programme in the UK run by the Jane Goodall Institute (UK). In 1989, Firth began a relationship with Meg Tilly, his co-star in ""Valmont"". They had a son, William Joseph ""Will"" Firth, in 1990. The family moved to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Firth's acting career slowed down until they broke up in 1994, and he returned to the"
"funeral. With Peter Conradi, Logue's grandson Mark wrote a book, """", about his grandfather's relationship with the king. The short title was used for the 2010 British film ""The King's Speech"", a historical drama written by David Seidler, in which Logue was played by Geoffrey Rush and his patient by Colin Firth. In February 2011, ""The King's Speech"" won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Firth. Rush was nominated for an Academy Award and won a 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Logue in the film. In the"
"Peter Finch (""Network""), Victor Fleming (""The Wizard of Oz""), Janet Gaynor (""A Star Is Born""), Curtis Harrington (""Night Tide""), Zoltan Korda (""The Thief of Bagdad""), Darren McGavin (""The Man with the Golden Arm""), Adolphe Menjou (""Paths of Glory""), Paul Muni (""Scarface""), Dudley Nichols (""Stagecoach""), Maila Nurmi (""Plan 9 from Outer Space""), Nelson Riddle (""Lolita""), Vito Scotti (""The Godfather""), Ann Sheridan (""They Drive by Night""), Constance and Norma Talmadge (""Intolerance"", ""Camille""), Eddie Little (""Another Day in Paradise""), Eddie Bunker (""Straight Time""), Gregg Toland (""Citizen Kane""), Edgar G. Ulmer (""Detour""), Peter Lorre (""Casablanca""), Clifton Webb (""Laura""), William Hurlbut (""Bride of Frankenstein"") and"
"Make-up. In the US Olivier received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. The series has been released on both VHS and DVD format. Lost Empires Lost Empires is a 1986 television miniseries adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel of the same name and starred Colin Firth, John Castle and Laurence Olivier. Produced by Granada Television, it was shown as a serial, and premiered on the UK's ITV network in October and November 1986. After the death of his mother, Richard Herncastle (Colin Firth) is offered a job by his uncle, his mother's"
"Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hiddleston and Chris Pine have also named Oldman as one of their favourite actors. Other actors such as Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shia LaBeouf, Ben Mendelsohn, Johnny Depp, Jason Isaacs, and Michael Fassbender have cited Oldman as an influence; Bale called him ""the reason I'm acting"". Peers have praised his talents: Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Keanu Reeves and Ray Winstone have used the term ""genius"" in reference to Oldman. John Hurt called him ""the best of the bunch""; Colin Firth hailed him as ""a very strong candidate for the world's best living actor"" and a"
"supported the sport, on the field and in his writing. Colin Welland Colin Welland (4 July 1934 – 2 November 2015), born Colin Edward Williams, was a British actor and screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script for ""Chariots of Fire"" (1981). He won a BAFTA Award for his performance as the empathetic teacher Mr Farthing in the 1969 film ""Kes"". Born in 1934 in Liverpool, Welland grew up in the Kensington area of Liverpool before moving to Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, while still a young child. His parents were John Arthur (Jack) and Norah Williams."
"was cast to star in the remake as the lead character, while Christian Bale was reportedly in talks to portray the antagonist character, but it was later reported that Colin Firth had been offered the role. Firth later passed on the role, which was later offered to Clive Owen. In May 2012, ""Deadline"" reported that Sharlto Copley had officially been cast as the villain Adrian Pryce. Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson and Nate Parker were all later announced to have joined the cast. Parker was later replaced by James Ransone, due to a scheduling conflict. The film marked Jackson's first"
"VI (1994). In addition to his roles in the theatre, Firth has acted in cinematic films and radio dramas, narrated audiobooks, and has also made notable television appearances, such as Linton Heathcliff in ""Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights"" (1992); Fred Vincy in ""Middlemarch"" (1994); Sergeant Troy in ""Far from the Madding Crowd"", for which he received a nomination for best actor; Lord Arthur Goring in ""An Ideal Husband"" (2000); and Prince Albert in ""Victoria & Albert"" (2001). He portrayed Joshua in the 2000 biblical film, ""In the Beginning"". In 2003, he acted in the BBC's dramatised documentary """". That same year,"
"starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve, and Gal Gadot. In 2017, Oldman played three film roles: a billionaire entrepreneur in ""The Space Between Us"", a dictatorial President in ""The Hitman's Bodyguard"", and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in ""Darkest Hour""—his portrayal of Churchill garnered critical acclaim. Oldman's transformation into the wartime Prime Minister took 200 hours in the makeup chair, 14 pounds of foam silicon, and $20,000 worth of Cuban cigars, which caused him nicotine poisoning. In 2018, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture"
"way of making a film but also the most risky (...)"". Born Equal Born Equal is a television film produced for the BBC. Written and directed by BAFTA award-winning Dominic Savage, it stars Colin Firth, Robert Carlyle, David Oyelowo, Anne-Marie Duff and Emilia Fox, and explores aspects of poverty, race, inequality, homelessness, immigration and class in modern Britain by following the stories – at times intertwining – of several people living in London. City banker Mark (Colin Firth) lives with his pregnant wife Laura (Emilia Fox) in a large house in an upper-middle-class neighbourhood. Although he has just made a"
"the Empire Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Colin Firth), the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry (shared with Hugh Grant), the Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock (shared with Grant), and the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. Firth won the European Film Awards Audience Award for Best"
"self-help books"". Much is made of Bridget's fascination with the BBC television adaptation of ""Pride and Prejudice"" and Colin Firth, the actor who played Mr. Darcy. Bridget even meets Colin Firth and interviews him for a newspaper article. As a self-referential in-joke, Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy in both Bridget Jones movies. Tracie Bennett won an Audie Award for Comedy Best Actress for her audiobook narrations of both this and its predecessor. Sandra Gregory stated that the scenes involving the Thai prison probably received inspiration from her incident since Helen Fielding knew the next door neighbors of her parents and"
"fictional interview. Firth participated in the editing of what critics called ""one of the funniest sequences in the diary's sequel"". Both novels make various other references to the BBC serial. Andrew Davies collaborated on the screenplays for the 2001 and 2004 ""Bridget Jones"" films, in which Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley) and Lucy Robinson (Mrs. Hurst) appeared in minor roles. The self-referential in-joke between the projects convinced Colin Firth to accept the role of Mark Darcy, as it gave him an opportunity to ridicule and liberate himself from his ""Pride and Prejudice"" character. Film critic James Berardinelli would later state that"
"as an actor he was featured in David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's Academy Award winning motion picture ""The Social Network"", playing the role of Larry Summers, for which he received personal acclaim and shared the Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award from the Hollywood Film Festival, and also the Ensemble Acting Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, shared with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake. In 2010/11 executive produced the film version of John le Carré's ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"", which stars Gary Oldman as master spy George Smiley, and also features Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, John"